Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎301r] (604/751)

^ w gdLalat w an? at one with Xooal fimllaha in woriting for a
revival of religion# feeling, a tactic which they purmie
out of opposition to the Tudeh i%rty, whoee ten&melee are
anti-religious. The Kdalat Party, while not counting any
local officials or notabilities amongst its menubars, la
said to h»Y« weened the affect! ms of aome of the taore
’•respectable** followers in the town - oBiall ahopkeepara
end the like - of the Tu&ofc Party.
r\
10. The Governor of Sennanda^ has been petitluiuio by the
local Assistant piroctor of Customs to allow a branch of
the Mel at Party to be opened there. The ,..^.0. thinks
however that it is doubtful whether thu Governor will
consent as there arc no political parties at all in
&eftnandaj at present and psmiisslon for the ddalat larty
to function ffii^ht lend to the formation of other p&rtiea
as well.
11. The Tribal Conference in August last (August Diary,
paragraph 14) not followed by any further conte rerice a
Mof the kind In Remaaahah but on December Ibth Golouel
Shahrukhshahi held a meeting at ur-1 -x^l-i-;.ohab of
leading ^arabero of various tribe a now in the Oamsir, at
which e nuKber of questione of tribal interest - supplies,
land rente, security of roada, ate. - were aiauusssd.
&ven if little comes of such meetings, it probably has a
good effect on the tribe me a to find themselves treated
by the authorities a® something more than potential
brigands, though deeds must follow words if any permanent
Improvement in relations arith the tribe® is to result.
One potential source ftl friction between tribeo and
aovemaent has ^ust arisen in the form oi a elate which
the local finance authorities are thinking of presenting
for the rent of certain state-owned grossing grounds along
th# Iraq frontier north of ;aor-i-r>hirin. sections oi the
galfehanl Asperi (dursn), Subalanl nad ^ubadi (both <faf)
who use tfeeae lands in the wintwr months have apparently
not paid any rent for the last two years#
1&* There w$re no breaches of security during the
swath* It appears that a hold-up took place at ^ar-i-^il
between Virtue and ^sl Taq on November ooth, when i Oil
Company vehicle and 8 g.B.l. lorries were stopped and the
drivers robbed, and on December 9th ft British military
vehicles were held up on the Semanshah side of dialtun
ana /